Richard Hawley

From Guitar Buyer, October 2009: “I’ve got a Fender Prosonic that’s a right warhorse – it’s been around the world with me, that has. I bought it the first week I started working with Pulp. The Prosonic is kind of the mainstay but I use it in stereo with either a Fender Deluxe or with an old 1963 Fender Tremolux. The Prosonic’s quite harsh. I don’t mean that in a bad way, but its sound is very direct so adding the Tremolux kind of softens that off."

In this Sound On Sound article, it is stated that Hawley uses a Peavey 5150; "I have a Selmer Zodiac and an old Rac amp from the ’40s that gets an airing now and again. That was used on ‘Serious’ with a Fender speaker cab, a Peavey 5150 for a more modern sound and an ancient Gretsch amp previously owned by a Mr G Harrison from Liverpool — don’t know if it’s the G Harrison."

From Guitar Buyer, October 2009: "I also use what I call a ‘double Wemmy’ for anything where I need a bit more aggression. I’ve got two WEM Dominator amps that I picked up for 30 quid each, and they’re great. They just add an immediate edge to things. They’re fantastic if you’ve got a guitar with single-coil pickups like the ‘63 Fender Jaguar – you plug that in and it’s ‘hello!'"

From Guitar Buyer, October 2009: "I also use a Burns Orbit 2 amp a lot. It’s a transistor amp but it’s immense. The fucking volume off it’s unreal – it can kill ya!”

Used on the Hollow Meadows 2015 tour, as photographed in Guitarist magazine, February 2016.

Used on the Hollow Meadows 2015 tour, as photographed in Guitarist magazine, February 2016.

Used on the Hollow Meadows 2015 tour, as photographed in Guitarist magazine, February 2016.